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03 September 2021 | Story Burneline Kaars
The University of the Free State invites students and staff to a webinar titled, ‘The COVID vaccine and YOU’. Dr Samantha Potgieter, infectious disease expert at the Universitas Academic Hospital and affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine, will answer questions from staff about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it affects them. The webinar will address questions such as the following: 

• what vaccination is and how it works
• how vaccines are developed and how we know they are safe and effective
• how the COVID-19 vaccine works and how it can protect you
• the side effects of the vaccine 
• the risks vs benefits of the vaccine.

You can also forward questions prior to the webinar to grimbeekl@ufs.ac.za
Date: Friday 10 September 2021
Time: 11:00-12:00

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Research team wins National Innovation fund prize
2008-05-07

 

A research team from the Department of Microbial, Biochemichal and Food Boitechnology at the University of the Free State (UFS) has won the prize for the best exhibition at the recent finals of the National Innovation Fund competition in Stellenbosch. The same team had previously won the UFS leg of the Innovation Fund. The exhibition was attended by the Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Mosibudi Mangena. At the prize giving ceremony were, from the left: Dr Eugene Lottering (Executive Director: Innovation Fund), Ms. Kasweka Kakoma, Ms. Jay Lee, Mr Lehlohonolo Mathengtheng (all from the Veterinary Biotechnology team), and Mr Mangena (Minister of Science and Technology).

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